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harlem CORE members

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This is the 1961 arrest photo for Harlem CORE member Abraham Bassford as a Freedom Rider. At the time , he was 24 years old and a college student in Staten Island. As a member of New York CORE, he was one of the earliest members of Harlem CORE and an active member.

A socialist and Peace activist, he went on to become a minister and served as the chaplain at Brooklyn's Methodist Hospital.